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thomhartmann

(3,979 posts) Wed May 25, 2016, 05:04 PM May 2016

Should #BigOil Be Held Responsible For The #Climate Crisis?

Thom Hartmann talks about Exxon's shareholder meeting and asks whether it's time to hold the oil companies responsible for killing out planet...

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Should #BigOil Be Held Responsible For The #Climate Crisis? (Original Post) thomhartmann May 2016 OP

No SCantiGOP May 2016 #1

Congress and the American people for putting up with it. We are all responsible in some way. tonyt53 May 2016 #2

The saddest thing is SCantiGOP May 2016 #3

Yes, and penalized to the max Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #4

Just like Big Tobacco libodem May 2016 #5

Yes and the car industry too. ErikJ May 2016 #6

Yes-------------------- turbinetree May 2016 #7

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)

1. No

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 05:09 PM

May 2016

They can only do what our government allows. Hold Congress responsible.

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)

2. Congress and the American people for putting up with it. We are all responsible in some way.

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #1)

Wed May 25, 2016, 05:15 PM

May 2016

And that is sad.

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)

3. The saddest thing is

Reply to tonyt53 (Reply #2)

Wed May 25, 2016, 05:25 PM

May 2016

The next generations will be the ones to really pay the price for our stupidity and greed.
I actually heard someone once say they were more concerned with their 401-k balance than they were climate change.

When the last tree is cut down and the last fish is caught, then maybe people will realize they can't eat money.

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)

4. Yes, and penalized to the max

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 05:55 PM

May 2016

libodem

(19,288 posts)

5. Just like Big Tobacco

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 05:56 PM

May 2016

Was responsible for lung cancer.

The bigger issue is these last desperate fracking episodes, which have decimated America's ground water suplies. You can't even water plants with it. Clean water is a basic human right.

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)

6. Yes and the car industry too.

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 09:41 PM

May 2016

They heavily market the big guzzlers
SUVs and pickups like they have for the past 20 years and they are STILL the leading money maker for Detroit right now

turbinetree

(24,709 posts)

7. Yes--------------------

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 09:46 PM

May 2016

End of story-----------------------

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